Job Order Contracting has never been easier.
91% of FM managers say there’s a gap between the knowledge and skills their team has and what they need to excel. – 2021 PMI Survey
- Improvement is never easy and is especially difficult in the public sector where the same methods have been in place for decades.
- Savvy public facility management professionals are diligently working to significantly alter the ‘status quo’ and achieve significant performance gains.
- Proven successes can be found where public sector FMers have, through their leadership, competence, and commitment, begun to implement lean integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes for their real property portfolio’s ongoing repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new build requirements. Examples include integrated project delivery, IPD, for major new construction, and lean job order contracting for repair, renovation, and “minor” new construction.
- With respect to these new processes, technology is an enabler, but never be the driver. Technology’s role is to simply help to accomplish objectives more efficiently. Robust processes are embedded within tech to provide a solid platform within which professionals can perform meaningful work. All FM and procurement teams need is the training and tools to help them do their work. Generic “Program Management”, “IWMS”, “ERP”, and other “general purpose” systems don’t cut it. They don’t improve efficiency, but rather simply add another layer of administrative burden.
In short, a focus upon robust processes across all core FM related activities… planning, procurement, and project delivery… and subsequent selection and implementation of domain-specific technology, is the most direct path to best value outcomes.
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All the best,
Peter Cholakis
Senior Vice President